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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Ecuador	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	12,268	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	12,446	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	12,629	275
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	12,827	276
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	13,074	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	13,368	279
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	13,661	280
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	13,915	281
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	14,133	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	14,352	283
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	14,569	285
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	14,786	286
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	15,002	287
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	15,218	288
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	15,433	289
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	15,647	290
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	15,860	291
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	16,072	291
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	16,282	292
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	16,489	293
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	16,693	294
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	16,894	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	17,093	295
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	17,288	295

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.